Shavian

English Phonetic Alphabet


Shavian consonants
tall deep
๐‘
peep
/p/
๐‘š
bib
/b/
๐‘‘
tot
/t/
๐‘›
dead
/d/
๐‘’
kick
/k/
๐‘œ
gag
/g/
๐‘“
fee
/f/
๐‘
vow
/v/
๐‘”
thigh
/ฮธ/
๐‘ž
they
/รฐ/
๐‘•
so
/s/
๐‘Ÿ
zoo
/z/
๐‘–
sure
/สƒ/
๐‘ 
measure
/ส’/
๐‘—
church
/tสƒ/
๐‘ก
judge
/dส’/
๐‘˜
yea
/j/
๐‘ข
woe
/w/
๐‘™
hung
/ล‹/
๐‘ฃ
ha-ha
/h/
short
๐‘ค
loll
/l/
๐‘ฎ
roar
/ษน/
๐‘ฅ
mime
/m/
๐‘ฏ
nun
/n/
ligatures
๐‘ฟ
yew
๐‘˜๐‘ต
๐‘พ
ian
๐‘ฆ๐‘ฉ

Shavian vowels
short -/ษน/ long -/i/ -/u/
/i/ ๐‘ฆ
if
KIT/HAPPY
๐‘ฝ
ear
NEAR
๐‘ฐ ๐‘ฐ
eat
FLEECE
/e/ ๐‘ง
egg
DRESS
๐‘บ
air
SQUARE
๐‘ฑ
age
FACE
/a/ ๐‘จ
ash
TRAP
๐‘ธ
are
START
๐‘ญ
ah
PALM
๐‘ฒ
ice
PRICE
๐‘ฌ
out
MOUTH
/o/ ๐‘ช
on
LOT/CLOTH
๐‘น
or
NORTH/FORCE
๐‘ท
awe
THOUGHT
๐‘ถ
oil
CHOICE
๐‘ด
oak
GOAT
/u/ ๐‘ซ
wool
FOOT
๐‘ต ๐‘ต
ooze
GOOSE
/สŒ/ ๐‘ณ
up
STRUT
๐‘ป
err
NURSE
/ษ™/ ๐‘ฉ
ado
COMMA
๐‘ผ
array
LETTER

References

  1. Unicode Character Code Charts. unicode.org.
    1. โ€œShavian.โ€ unicode.org.
  2. WG2 Document Registry, Unicodeยฎ Technical Committee Document Registry, unicode.org, unicode.org.
    1. John H. Jenkins. Proposal to add Shavian to Unicode/ISO-IEC 10646. 1997-05-21, L2/97-103, unicode.org.
    2. Michael Everson, John Jenkins. Revised proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS. 2001-06-03, N2362, L2/01-256, unicode.org, unicode.org.
    3. Michael Everson, John Jenkins. Revised proposal for encoding the Shavian script in the SMP of the UCS. 2001-07-14, N2362R, L2/01-285, unicode.org, unicode.org.
  3. The Unicodeยฎ Standard: Version 15.0 โ€“ Core Specification. September 2022, unicode.org.
    1. โ€œShavian.โ€ p. 363, unicode.org.
  4. Shavian (Shaw) [Shaw]. ScriptSource, SIL International, scriptsource.org.
  5. Bernard Shaw. Androcles and the Lion. Shaw Alphabet Edition, Public Trusteeโ€™s Edition, Penguin Books, 1962, archive.org.
  6. George Bernard Shaw. On Language. Edited by Abraham Tauber, Philosophical Library, New York, 1963, archive.org, archive.org.
  7. P. A. D. MacCarthy. โ€œThe Bernard Shaw Alphabet.โ€ Alphabets for English, edited by W. Haas, Manchester University Press, 1969, pp. 105โ€“117, openlibrary.org.
  8. Shavian. shavian.info.
  9. Noto Shavian. Google, github.com.